Micro and Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme MSE-CDP
Large grants for groups of micro and small units to set up shared common facility centres, or for states to build or upgrade industrial estates.
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- Cost to apply
- SPV share of 10% to 20% of the common facility centre cost
- Status
- Open
- Run by
- Ministry of MSME (Development Commissioner MSME), with state governments
What you get
- Common facility centre costing ₹5 crore to ₹10 crore, 70% central grant, 20% state, 10% from the cluster's SPV
- Common facility centre costing ₹10 crore to ₹30 crore, 60% central, 20% state, 20% SPV
- New industrial estate infrastructure costing ₹5 crore to ₹15 crore, 60% central, 40% state
- Upgrading existing industrial estates costing ₹5 crore to ₹10 crore, 50% central, 50% state
- Higher central shares of 80%, 70%, 70% and 60% for aspirational districts, the North East, hill states, islands, LWE districts and clusters where over half the units are micro, village, women owned or SC or ST owned
Who can apply
- Businesses that are already running.
- Open to businesses in manufacturing and services.
- Micro and small enterprises.
- Project cost up to ₹30 crore.
- Units form a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for a common facility centre
- Projects below ₹5 crore normally go to SFURTI instead, with some exceptions for rural industries
- Above ₹30 crore, the grant is worked out on ₹30 crore
How to apply
- Register as a new user on cluster.dcmsme.gov.in
- Sign in and fill in the application under the new MSE-CDP guidelines
- Finalise the application and print it
- The proposal is routed through the state government for approval by the ministry's steering committee
In person, State Industries Department or MSME Development and Facilitation Office
In Kerala, Proposals go through the Kerala state government (Industries Department, District Industries Centres) and the MSME Development and Facilitation Office
Worth knowing
609 projects approved and 353 completed by late 2025. 11 new projects approved in 2025-26 to 20 November 2025.
Where we found this
- MSE-CDP new guidelines (external site) Official
- Cluster Development Programme portal (external site) Official
- PIB, Year End Review 2025, Ministry of MSME (external site) Official announcement
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